Pestpruf
@pestpruf.bsky.social
Composer of unkempt opinions. Heliolatrist, umbratarian, metropnik.
“🎵 Sinewaves sound better with hue 🎶”
sine waves sound better with you
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“🎵 Sinewaves sound better with hue 🎶”
"Contemporary conservatism has failed to become cool because its instincts are more about edgy provocation than any serious appreciation of art and culture. Great art will always be about expanding our worlds, not making them smaller.": www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Contemporary conservatism has failed to become cool because its instincts are more about edgy provocation than any serious appreciation of art and culture. Great art will always be about expanding our worlds, not making them smaller.": www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Since when is “Country” of the mainstream type “real”?
The factory’s just automated the foundry.
The factory’s just automated the foundry.
Breaking Rust: Can you tell the difference between real and AI music?
Breaking Rust: Can you tell the difference between real and AI music?
An AI-generated music persona has topped the US Billboard charts for the first time, at the same time as a “first-of-its-kind" study from French streaming service Deezer reveals that 97 per cent of people “can’t tell the difference” between real music and AI-generated music.
l.euronews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Since when is “Country” of the mainstream type “real”?
The factory’s just automated the foundry.
The factory’s just automated the foundry.
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Pet Shop Boys’ forthcoming book “Volume” will be published on 7th April 2026 and is now available to pre-order.
petshopboys.lnk.to/store
petshopboys.lnk.to/store
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Pet Shop Boys’ forthcoming book “Volume” will be published on 7th April 2026 and is now available to pre-order.
petshopboys.lnk.to/store
petshopboys.lnk.to/store
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READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
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John has been tracking COVID benefits cases *STILL* working their way through the courts.
READ THIS PIECE. The machine has been working on autopilot. It's time to ask whether this represents an efficient use of public resources - salaries, court time, +++
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
READ THIS PIECE. The machine has been working on autopilot. It's time to ask whether this represents an efficient use of public resources - salaries, court time, +++
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
John has been tracking COVID benefits cases *STILL* working their way through the courts.
READ THIS PIECE. The machine has been working on autopilot. It's time to ask whether this represents an efficient use of public resources - salaries, court time, +++
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
READ THIS PIECE. The machine has been working on autopilot. It's time to ask whether this represents an efficient use of public resources - salaries, court time, +++
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
🎵Baba Yaga
I crave you brew / No one bewitches me like you 🎶
I crave you brew / No one bewitches me like you 🎶
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🎵Baba Yaga
I crave you brew / No one bewitches me like you 🎶
I crave you brew / No one bewitches me like you 🎶
In Technics & Civilization (1934) Mumford claims clocks fundamental to the development of capitalism from the fourteenth century on, making us time-keepers, then time-savers, and ultimately time-servers; teaching us irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, superseding the authority of nature, eh.
I want daylight saving time banned but I also want standard time banned. Just ban all time, I don't like it
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In Technics & Civilization (1934) Mumford claims clocks fundamental to the development of capitalism from the fourteenth century on, making us time-keepers, then time-savers, and ultimately time-servers; teaching us irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, superseding the authority of nature, eh.
You've Got Foetus for Christmas.
The long-awaited new Foetus album HALT is available for pre-order from the Foetus website. ORDER HERE! www.foetus.org/content/shop/
9 years in the making & marks the close of the Foetus saga. It is 58 minutes long consists of 11 tracks. Available on double colored vinyl and CD. Ships early December
9 years in the making & marks the close of the Foetus saga. It is 58 minutes long consists of 11 tracks. Available on double colored vinyl and CD. Ships early December
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
You've Got Foetus for Christmas.
Looks like “the Coronation St. Kraftwerk” sounded (youtu.be/b1-1Q0zYt6w).
Alex Katz, Red Tie, 1979
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135536
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135536
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Looks like “the Coronation St. Kraftwerk” sounded (youtu.be/b1-1Q0zYt6w).
Shirt for that: topatoco.com/collections/...
ouroboreos
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Shirt for that: topatoco.com/collections/...
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Wow. First, this is very interesting sanctions implementation. Secondly, really illustrates weaponized interdependence, but also how the overuse of those powers will erode US soft and corporate power and influence.
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wow. First, this is very interesting sanctions implementation. Secondly, really illustrates weaponized interdependence, but also how the overuse of those powers will erode US soft and corporate power and influence.
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Meeting ancient trees is always amazing, this yew though in Llangernyw in North Wales is thought to be 4,000, perhaps 5,000 yrs old!
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Meeting ancient trees is always amazing, this yew though in Llangernyw in North Wales is thought to be 4,000, perhaps 5,000 yrs old!
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
It is older than Christianity and Stonehenge. 0ne of the oldest living beings on the planet.
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Eavesdropping in a coffeeshop, and the guy at the table next to me is talking about how the most-watched videos in prison media rooms are walking tours of major cities, because even just the visual and sonic experience is therapeutic when you don't have freedom of movement. 💔
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Eavesdropping in a coffeeshop, and the guy at the table next to me is talking about how the most-watched videos in prison media rooms are walking tours of major cities, because even just the visual and sonic experience is therapeutic when you don't have freedom of movement. 💔
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this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
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If kids got raped by clowns as often as they get raped by preachers it would be against the law to take your kids to the circus.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/colo...
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/colo...
Colorado Pastor Charged With Sexual Assault Of Minor - Joe.My.God.
Denver’s CBS affiliate reports: Fort Collins police have arrested Matthew McGinley, 30, accusing the former worship pastor and teacher of sexual assault of a minor by a person in a position of trust. ...
www.joemygod.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If kids got raped by clowns as often as they get raped by preachers it would be against the law to take your kids to the circus.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/colo...
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/colo...
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Did you know that "popular" is a demographic descriptor more than a musicological one? Did you know that Western tonal theory can't explain the blues? Did you know that swing needs to be a core music theory concept? Book me at your conference for these and other insights
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Did you know that "popular" is a demographic descriptor more than a musicological one? Did you know that Western tonal theory can't explain the blues? Did you know that swing needs to be a core music theory concept? Book me at your conference for these and other insights
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This is the stupidest and most embarrassing way to phrase this. Universities really just want to be sports owners or something now, boarding about signings and transfers. www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
New constellation of academic stars headed to U of T
In a “big win for Canada,” the University of Toronto is further strengthening its academic ranks with three top researchers from U.S. universities whose work ranges from the search for new planets to ...
www.utoronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is the stupidest and most embarrassing way to phrase this. Universities really just want to be sports owners or something now, boarding about signings and transfers. www.utoronto.ca/news/new-con...
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I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
Soundtrack for the midweek dance party.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Soundtrack for the midweek dance party.
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I would simply not walk through The Valley of the Shadow of Death
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I would simply not walk through The Valley of the Shadow of Death
In memoriam Richard Darbyshire, 1960–2025.
Living In A Box - Living In A Box (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
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November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In memoriam Richard Darbyshire, 1960–2025.